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About this issue: Born to protect, fight and die for her Emperor Uma grows up to be the perfect killing machine.When she comes of age, her mother Sanghvi drafts her in the inner circle of the all female bodyguard outfit 'Rakshikas', sworn protectors of the Emperor of Magadha: King Ashoka. During her formative years Uma is forced to kill her master at the command of her mother and then pulled in the war that changes the history of India forever - 'The massacre of Kalinga'. After the war the tyrant Emperor goes through a miraculous change of heart and forfeits his violent ways More to follow the path of Lord Buddha. Sanghvi decides to tread the same path of peace and salvation with the King but Uma revolts. her heart, which has never known peace because of the hardships faced during her childhood, forsakes Budhha, her Emperor and her Mother to follow a lonely path of retribution. Seven years later the state of Kalinga conspires to assassinate Emperor Ashoka who has become the beacon of hope and peace across the world.the best assassins are hired from accross the world for this task. Incidentally Uma is one of them. Less